Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Configure FortiGate basic networking from factory default settings
• Configure and control administrator access to FortiGate
• Use the GUI and CLI for administration
• Control network access to configured networks using firewall policies
• Apply port forwarding, source NAT, and destination NAT
• Analyze a FortiGate route table
• Route packets using policy-based and static routes for multi-path and load-balanced deployments
• Authenticate users using firewall policies
• Monitor firewall users from the FortiGate GUI
• Offer Fortinet Single Sign-On (FSSO) access to network services, integrated with Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
• Understand encryption functions and certificates
• Inspect SSL/TLS-secured traffic to prevent encryption used to bypass security policies
• Configure security profiles to neutralize threats and misuse, including viruses, torrents, and inappropriate websites
• Apply application control techniques to monitor and control network applications that might use standard or non-standard protocols and ports
• Offer an SSL VPN for secure access to your private network
• Establish an IPsec VPN tunnel between two FortiGate devices
• Configure static routing
• Configure SD-WAN underlay, overlay, and, local breakout
• Identify the characteristics of the Fortinet Security Fabric
• Deploy FortiGate devices as an HA cluster for fault tolerance and high performance
• Diagnose and correct common problems

Who Should Attend?

• Networking and security professionals involved in the management, configuration, administration, and monitoring of FortiGate devices used to secure their organizations’ networks should attend this course.
• You should have a thorough understanding of all the topics covered in the FortiGate Operator course before attending the FortiGate Administrator course.

Prerequisites & Exams

Recommended Prerequisites:

• Participants with a min of Diploma from ITE or Polytechnic is recommended.
• Participants must have a basic familiarity with networking concepts including routing, switching, and IP addressing.
• Students also should be familiar with basic security concepts.
• Experience with other security technologies (IPS, proxy, and content filtering) is a plus.

System Requirements

If you take the online format of this class, you must use a computer that has the following:

1. A high-speed internet connection
2. An up-to-date web browser
3. A PDF viewer
4. Speakers or headphones
5. One of the following:

• HTML5 support
• An up-to-date Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with Java plugin enabled in your web browser

Certification Exam

This course prepares you for the FCP FortiGate 7.6 Administrator exam. By passing this exam, you will be awarded the associated exam badge.

Exam Name: FCP – FortiAnalyzer 7.4 Administrator

Exam Series: FCP_FAZ_AD-7.4

Duration: 65 minutes

Format: 35 multiple-choice questions

Topics Covered

Successful candidates have applied knowledge and skills in the following areas and tasks:

• System configuration
• Perform initial configuration
• Manage high availability
• Manage RAID
• Describe FortiAnalyzer concepts
• Device management
• Manage devices
• Troubleshoot device communication issues
• Logs and reports management
• Manage log data
• Manage reports
• Administration
• Configure administrative access
• Manage administrative domains(ADOMs)
• Manage disk quota and backups

Course Outline

1. System and Network Settings

2. Firewall Policies and NAT

3. Routing

4. Firewall Authentication

5. Fortinet Single Sign-On (FSSO)

6. Certificate Operations

7. Antivirus

8. Web Filtering

9. Intrusion Prevention and Application Control

10. SSL VPN

11. IPsec VPN

12. SD-WAN Configuration and Monitoring

13. Security Fabric

14. High Availability

15. Diagnostics and Troubleshooting